"add in quadrature" meaning in All languages combined

See add in quadrature on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: adds in quadrature [present, singular, third-person], adding in quadrature [participle, present], added in quadrature [participle, past], added in quadrature [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} add in quadrature (third-person singular simple present adds in quadrature, present participle adding in quadrature, simple past and past participle added in quadrature)
  1. (sciences, engineering) To combine the magnitude of two uncorrelated signals, usually noise or errors, by taking the square root of the sum of the squares. Categories (topical): Engineering, Sciences

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